The Music Teaching Artist's Bible

This is the first-ever how-to book for the fast-growing profession of music teaching artistry, written by a leading spokesman and trainer. Practicing musicians have long worked as teachers, and this book finally distills the essence of the practice, guides musicians to become more effective in the many settings in which they are active, and ultimately points the way to build a better future for music performance.

Widely considered the nation's leading teaching artist and trainer of teaching artists, Eric Booth has taught at the Leonard Bernstein Center, Tanglewood, and Lincoln Center Institute. He currently teaches at the Kennedy Center and is also the Artistic Director of the Mentoring Program at Juilliard.

- Part I: Context
- 1: What is a Teaching Artist?
- 2: Teaching Artists in the Arts Learning Ecosystem
- 3: Guidelines for Teaching Artistry
- 4: The Best Reason for Being a Teaching Artist
- 5: Balancing the Two Economies of Today's Musician
- Part II: The Overlooked Essentials
- 6: Role Play: The Four Angles in Arts Learning
- 7: Inside the Liminal Zone
- 8: The Habits of Mind of Musical Learning
- 9: The Essential Skills of the 21st Century Artist
- 10: Creating the Playground
- Part III: Learning to Be a Teaching Artist
- 11: The Entry Point Question--Where to Begin?
- 12: A Teaching Artist's Curriculum
- 13: What Does "Better" Look Like?
- 14: Mentoring: Myths and Mission
- Part IV: The Fundamentals of Working in Education Settings
- 15: Truth and Dare in Education Programs
- 16: How to Succeed in School Environments
- 17: Getting Schooled on School Performances
- 18: Art for Art's Sake or for the School's Sake?
- 19: Blind Dates, Steady Dating, and Musical Marriages
- Part V: Current Challenges
- 20: Arts Integration: The Hot Zone
- 21: Reflecting on Reflection
- 22: The Dos and Don'ts of Assessment
- 23: Feedback: Giving and Getting It Right
- Part VI: Bringing Teaching Artistry into Performances
- 24: Fuller Audience Engagement: What Does It Look Like?
- 25: Speak Up or Shut Up?: Using Words in Performance
- 26: Interactive Performances
- 27: The Very Open Rehearsal
- Part VII Expanding the Roles of the Teaching Artist
- 28: The Essential Educational Entrepreneur
- 29: The Private Music Lesson
- 30: The Everyday Advocate
- 31: The Telling Facts of Advocacy
- Part VIII Beyond the Borders
- 32: They Take the High Road
- 33: The Planet Gets It Together
- 34: The Guiding Spirit
- Index